Sunday 16 June 2013

Had the boys nearly a year

I cannot believe how quickly time goes now, must be my age! Teddy and Pookey have been with us for a whole year in July and it feels like they've always been with us.
Pookey turned one on the 30th March and Teddy on the 6th April. I can't imagine them not being here with us.
The boys have such different personalities but are like little humans, unlike any other cat we've come across! Whichever room we are in in the house they are there with us, Pookey lays on me in bed in the mornings whereas other times of the day he'd rather just be next to you. Teddy on the other hand is a complete little baby who wants to be cuddled in your lap all the time - what a sweetie!
So.. What's happened lately. They had there jabs at the start of June with our brilliant vet, they are so comfortable there that they just roll around on the floor doing the typical Ragdoll flop even though they have just been stabbed in the neck! He was so pleased with them - really healthy, perfect coats, good teeth and nice weight. Teddy weighs a very baby like 10lb 4oz and Pookey a more hefty 13lb 3oz. Not overweight though. We are very lucky our vet has some knowledge of Ragdolls and their size.
When we go to my mother and father-in laws we've bought some harnesses for them to run around the garden in. Pookey is very chilled out and just likes to sniff everything, whereas Teddy we have to keep a real watchful eye on. If he was an outdoor cat we would have all sorts of animals bought back to us as presents! He is a complete hunter and wants to chase everything... Bugs in the grass, flys, bees, little birds, pigeons!!
We have finally sorted all the stomach problems we had with teddy thankfully. We had a lot of tests done which cost a fortune (thank goodness for insurance) that had to be sent off to America to be tested and the results came back that he has an pancreatic enzyme deficiency. Which is the reason we had all that time with awful stomach issues and nothing worked. He is now on medication for the foreseeable future called Lypex. More commonly seen in dogs, Alsatians mainly, I have to give him half a capsule sprinkled on his breakfast and then on his dinner! Thankfully Teddy loves his wet food, Pookey on the other hand has nearly stopped eating it all together. He'll lick up a bit of gravy and eat some of the applaws chicken then teddy finishes the rest!
Here are some recent photos of them anyway.